Hey all. A few weeks ago I decided to experiment with the Bing API (provided by Microsoft). The first thing I noticed with it was that I wasn’t completely blown away with what the Bing.com interface offers us – we’re essentially getting results that are at most on a par with what Google currently provide so I was hoping I would get something extra to blow me away (sadly there was little more past their homepage). I thought to myself..in the age of social networking..surely I can improve on what people get to see in their search results..even if just a little bit :) The results of my efforts is "Blimp". It’s a javascript mashup between the Bing API, PageGlimpse (a service that offer thumbnails of any webpage), YUI (for the hover over panels) and TweetMeme (who provide a count on the number of people who have tweeted about a particular URL). It’s relatively fast and you can opt to not see the TweetMeme ratings/share button next to your search results if you would prefer. To try out Blimp, check out one of the links below

Searching for:

The Ugly Truth (with Tweets on)

Marilyn Monroe (with Tweets off)

Obama (with Tweets on)

News (with Tweets on)

Twitter Popularity (with Tweets off)

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